The Mellanox Connect X-3 FDR VPI IB/E Adapter supports Virtual Protocol Interconnect, which enables you to have either two ports of Infini Band FDR or two ports of 40 Gb Ethernet, or one port of each. Connect X-3 with Virtual Intelligent Queuing (Virtual-IQ) technology provides dedicated adapter resources & guaranteed isolation & protection for virtual machines within the server. I/O virtualization with Connect X-3 gives data center managers better server utilization & LAN & SAN unification while reducing cost, power, and cable complexity. Mellanox Connect X-3 delivers low latency, high bandwidth, and computing efficiency for performance-driven server & storage clustering applications. Efficient computing is achieved by offloading from the CPU routine activities, which makes more processor power available for the application. Network protocol processing & data movement impacts, such as Infini Band RDMA & send/receive semantics, are completed in the adapter without CPU intervention. The Connect X-3 advanced acceleration technology enables higher cluster efficiency & scalability of up to tens of thousands of nodes. Designed For System x i Data Plex dx 360 M4; System x 3300 M4;x 3530 M4;x 3550 M3;x 3550 M4;x 3630 M4;x 3650 M3;x 3650 M4;x 3650 M4 HD;x 3690 X5;x 3750 M4;x 3850 X5;x 3850 X6;x 3950 X5;x 3950 X6